‘With words they try to jail us’: US universities are not citadels of freedom
COMMENTARY: By Donald Earl Collins
Universities in the United States have been especially repressive over the past year. Several like Columbia University and New York University have redefined...
Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away with it’, says Bishara
Asia Pacific Report
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, has condemned Israel’s extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations — reportedly almost 500 times in 72...
Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved ones
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...
Eugene Doyle: The dismemberment of Syria is a crime
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
What we are witnessing is not just the end of a regime but quite possibly the destruction of the Syrian state.
We...
‘Politics is finally possible’: After surprise fall of Syria’s Assad in protracted civil war, what’s next?
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with Syria and the aftermath of the historic collapse of the Assad regime. Israeli forces are continuing...
The ceasefire in Lebanon paused the war but not the struggle against genocide
As the world focuses on post-Assad Syria, this article reflects on Lebanon after the "ceasefire". A country with a history of resistance and struggle,...